Roger Federer plays on at age 34, and he will play on in 2016 without Stefan Edberg, his boyhood idol and assistant coach.
Federer announced on Tuesday that Edberg was leaving his staff after two years and would be replaced by Ivan Ljubicic, Federer’s good friend and former tour rival.
“It was a dream come true,” Federer said in a statement of working with Edberg, the former world No. 1 player from Sweden. “Although it was supposed to only be for 2014, Stefan was great and agreed to extend the partnership through this year, which I really appreciated.